On 29 June 2010 00:36, Mark Clements (HappyDog) gmane@kennel17.co.uk wrote:
"Gerard Meijssen" gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote in message news:AANLkTimbfWBz3Nlb-AaQcYWBsmG3igxmV2ZUq3roEPRC@mail.gmail.com...
Hoi, Wikimedias development is centred on one skin. This used to be monobook and it is now vector. The question if a community may elect to be conservative / retro / different ignores this issue. There will be some effort to maintain other skins as well but as history has shown, bit rot will creep in. New functionality will not be designed to work with other skins.
Why not? Isn't the whole *point* of a skinning system that users can choose which skin to use *without* affecting functionality? Otherwise, it's not a skin, it's a different user interface.
I don't think Vector is just a "different" theme, for the sake of having things that glow and pretty colors. I think is a better theme, and better here means is a better fundation to build things.
Going "obsolete" is a luxury. Is possible, if theres enough resources available.